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Cheese-rolling race poised to go
More than 3,000 people are expected to converge on Coopers Hill in Gloucestershire for Monday's Spring bank holiday
-rolling event.
The annual contest involves dozens of men and women racing down a 1:2 gradient hill after a large.
St John Ambulance volunteers will be on hand to deal with injuries, which usually include cuts, bruises, broken bones and dislocations.
Competitors from all over the world take part in the competition.
Among the visitors will be a couple from New Zealand who are organisers of a similar event in Waikaka, Southland.
The competition, which is thought to date back hundreds of years, consists of a series of downhill races with the winner of each receiving a seven to eight pound circle of.
More than 3,000 people are expected to converge on Coopers Hill in Gloucestershire for Monday's Spring bank holiday
-rolling event. The annual contest involves dozens of men and women racing down a 1:2 gradient hill after a large
. St John Ambulance volunteers will be on hand to deal with injuries, which usually include cuts, bruises, broken bones and dislocations.
Competitors from all over the world take part in the competition.
Among the visitors will be a couple from New Zealand who are organisers of a similar event in Waikaka, Southland.
The competition, which is thought to date back hundreds of years, consists of a series of downhill races with the winner of each receiving a seven to eight pound circle of
.